VILLAGE OF RIDGEWOOD
VILLAGE COUNCIL
REGULAR PUBLIC MEETING
OCTOBER 12, 2022
8:00 P.M.
1. Call to Order – Mayor
2. Statement of Compliance with the Open Public Meetings Act
3. Roll Call – Village Clerk
4. Flag Salute and Moment of Silence
5. Acceptance of Financial Reports
6. Approval of Minutes
7. Proclamations
a. National Diabetes Awareness Month
b. Declare October National Bullying Prevention Month
3-20, Decorum, the Village Council meetings shall be conducted in the following manner:
Manner of Addressing Council
Persons other than Council members may be permitted to address the Council in the proper order of business. A person present may, upon recognition by the Chair, be heard either upon ordinances upon second reading or at the time of petitions and oral communications from the public and at such other times as the Council may, by majority vote of those present, specifically permit. No person shall address any remark or question to any specific Council member, nor shall any person be permitted to address the Chair while a motion is pending. A Council member may, through the Chair, respond to any communication or address received pursuant to this section.
Decorum
Any person who shall disturb the peace of the Council, make impertinent or slanderous remarks or conduct himself in a boisterous manner while addressing the Council shall be forthwith barred by the presiding officer from further audience before the Council, except that if the speaker shall submit to proper order under these rules, permission for him to continue may be granted by a majority vote of the Council.
8. Comments from the Public (Not to exceed 3 minutes per person – 40 minutes in total)
9. Village Manager’s Report
10. Village Council Reports
11. ORDINANCES – INTRODUCTION – RIDGEWOOD WATER
NONE
12. ORDINANCES – PUBLIC HEARING – RIDGEWOOD WATER
NONE
13. RESOLUTIONS – RIDGEWOOD WATER
THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTIONS, NUMBERED 22-334 THROUGH
22-336 ARE TO BE ADOPTED BY A CONSENT AGENDA, WITH ONE VOTE BY THE VILLAGE COUNCIL. THERE IS A BRIEF DESCRIPTION BESIDE EACH RESOLUTION TO BE CONSIDERED ON THE CONSENT AGENDA. EACH RESOLUTION WILL BE READ BY TITLE ONLY:
22-334 Award Contract Under State Contract – Annual Maintenance of Chlorine, pH and Phosphate Analyzers (NTE $57,558) – Awards a under a State Contract to Hach Company, 5600 Lindbergh Drive, Loveland, CO
22-335 Award Professional Services Contract – Public Policy Consultant (NTE $27,000) – Awards a Professional Services Contract to Morford Drulis Associates, LLC, 308 West State Street, Trenton, NJ. The required Pay to Play forms have been filed in the Village Clerk’s Office.
22-336 Award Sole Source Contract – Furnish Corrosion Inhibitor (NTE $26,000) – Awards a sole source contract to Carus, LLC, 315 Fifth Street, Peru, IL
14. ORDINANCES – INTRODUCTION
3922 – 2022 Management Salary Ordinance – Establishes salaries and various employment criteria for management personnel for 2022
3923 – 2022 Non-Union Salary Ordinance – Establishes salaries and various employment criteria for non-union personnel for 2022
3924 – 2023 Management Salary Ordinance – Establishes salaries and various employment criteria for management personnel for 2023
3925 – 2023 Non-Union Salary Ordinance – Establishes salaries and various employment criteria for non-union personnel for 2023
3926 – Bond Ordinance – Repairs to Water Pollution Control Facility ($1,300,000) – Appropriates this money to complete repairs on damages to the Water Pollution Control Facility, which occurred due to Hurricane Ida
15. ORDINANCES – PUBLIC HEARING – RIDGEWOOD WATER
NONE
16. RESOLUTIONS
THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTIONS, NUMBERED 22-337 THROUGH
22-350 ARE TO BE ADOPTED BY A CONSENT AGENDA, WITH ONE VOTE BY THE VILLAGE COUNCIL. THERE IS A BRIEF DESCRIPTION BESIDE EACH RESOLUTION TO BE CONSIDERED ON THE CONSENT AGENDA. EACH RESOLUTION WILL BE READ BY TITLE ONLY:
22-337 Award Contract – Disposal of Recyclable Materials – Awards the first optional year contract to Atlantic Coast Fibers, LLC, 101 7th Street, Passaic, NJ
22-338 Award Additional Partial Award – 2022 Road Resurfacing and Repairs (NTE $614,000) – Awards an additional partial award to American Asphalt and Trucking, LLC, 818 Summer Avenue, Newark, NJ
22-339 Title 59 Approval – Furnishing and Delivering Sodium Bisulfite and Sodium Hypochlorite Solution – Water Pollution Control Facility – Approves the plans and specifications for Furnishing and Delivering of Sodium Bisulfite Solution and Sodium Hypochlorite Solution Beginning January 1, 2023 through December 31, 2023, inclusive prepared by the Ridgewood Engineering Division, pursuant to Title 59
22-340 Award Contract – Furnishing and Delivering Sodium Bisulfite and Sodium Hypochlorite Solution – Water Pollution Control Facility (NTE $156,239) – Awards a contract to the lowest responsible bidder, Miracle Chemical Company, Division of W.R. Neumann Company, Inc., 1151B Highway 33, Farmingdale, NJ
22-341 Title 59 Approval Furnishing Laboratory Analysis Services – Water Pollution Control Facility and Graydon Pool Facility – Approves the plans and specifications for Furnishing Laboratory Analysis Services Beginning January 1, 2023 through December 31, 2023, inclusive, prepared by the Ridgewood Engineering Division, pursuant to Title 59
22-342 Award Contract – Furnishing Laboratory Services – Water Pollution Control Facility and Graydon Pool Facility (NTE $34,546) – Awards a contract to the lowest responsible bidder, Garden State Laboratories, Inc., 410 Hillside Avenue, Hillside, NJ
22-343 Award Contract Under State Contract – Vehicle Tracking System (NTE $30,512.40) – Awards a contract under State Contract to SHI International Corporation, 290 Davidson Avenue, Somerset, NJ
22-344 Award Contract Under State Contract – Gasoline and Diesel Fuel (NTE $235,000) – Awards a Contract under State Contract to Racheles/Micheles, 116 Keller Road, Clifton, NJ
22-345 Title 59 Approval – Approves the plans and specifications for Request for Proposals for the Sale of Finished Compost Lakeview Compost Facility, Inclusive prepared by the Ridgewood Streets Division, pursuant to Title 59
22-346 Chapter 159 – Accept United States Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation Service – Emergency Watershed Protection Program Grant – Requests the Director of Local Government Services to approve the insertion of a special item of revenue into the 2022 budget for United States Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation Service – Emergency Watershed Protection Program Grant in the amount of $263,160 and that a like sum be appropriated in the 2022 budget for United States Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation Service – Emergency Watershed Protection Program Grant in the amount of $263,160
22-347 Authorize Refund of Property Tax Overpayment – Authorizes a refund of a property tax overpayment for 160 Bellair Road, in the amount of $4,720.78, to Corelogic, Centralized Refunds, P.O. Box 9202, Coppell, TX. This overpayment occurred because the Title Company had already paid the amount at the closing for the house.
22-348 Accept 2021 Audit – Accepts the annual audit for 2021 and certifies that all members of
the Village Council have reviewed, at a minimum, the sections of the audit entitled “Comments and Recommendations”
22-349 Approve 2021 Corrective Action Plan – Accepts the Corrective Action Plan proposed to correct the deficiencies found in the 2021 Annual Audit
22-350 Declare Property Surplus – Various Vehicles – Declares vehicles from various departments, no longer needed for public use, surplus property and authorizes the Village Manager to dispose of said vehicles through GovDeals
THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTIONS, NUMBERED 22-351 THROUGH
22-352, WILL BE CONSIDERED SEPARATELY AND READ IN FULL:
22-351 Authorize Change Order – Tree Planting Throughout the Village of Ridgewood
(NTE $16,845)
22-352 Award Contract – Sale of Compost from Lakeview Compost Facility
17. Comments from the Public (Not to Exceed 5 minutes per person)
18. Adjournment
“Moving the recent vote on Ridgewood’s school budget to a day during our school’s spring break …..amounted to nothing short of voter suppression”
So I have an idea! Lets move the vote to November so we eliminate 100% of the Ridgewood resident vote on the school budget.
Hoping the LWV asks each candidate for their for a definition of voter suppression
Amazing isn’t it. They think we are stupid.
Siobhan Winograd thinks everyone is stupid. She told residents they would keep the right to vote on school budgets. Winograd omitted a key word.
She misled by not saying you would have the right to vote on only SOME budgets.
Saying it on Ridgewood Moms and Dads Facebook meant getting deleted and booted from her page.
Do not vote for Winograd.
https://onevillageonevote.com/